Thanksgiving and a Baptism

Hello!

This week was great. We had Thanksgiving and a baptism.  So, for Thanksgiving -- we ate dinner as a district. Elder Sheffield and I cooked the turkey, and other people in the district brought other foods.  It was really fun.  We ate in the high council room at the Stake Center, so it even had a big long table.  I liked it.  We had turkey, potatoes, corn, rolls, jello, salad, fruit... It was a lot.  It required people to give a bit from their packages from home and also a lot of luck when we went shopping in Betio (the place with the most variety of cargo). It was great.  It was very fun. :) There are 12 of us in our district.

The baptism.  It went well.  We had a good turn out and he, Panette Naatua, was very excited.  He is a nine year old and his family is preparing to go to the temple.  We are excited for them.  They are such a delightful family.  I am glad for them.

Also, Timon and Iotebwa both came to church this past week. Whoot! I am excited for them. They are progressing very well towards baptism! They are the first investigators that I have seen a great change in their countenances. They look happier. They are changed by the Lord's words.

Work is going great.  We are working on doing better studies because a major focus of our mission tour was to become Master Gospel Teachers and to study well.  We need to take care of our own souls before we try and help others with theirs.  I like that lesson.  We need to help ourselves before others. Otherwise, we are not being responsible. It is not selfish, it is a must.  We need to help ourselves, so we can help others. Learn ourselves, so that we can teach others.  It is great. :)

Well, love you all!  Hope that all is well.  Keep the faith!

Thank you!  Love you all!
Hurrah for Israel!
Elder Weenig

Elder Sheffield and I with Panette Naatua and his family

 No one is ready, but they are all smiling, something they would not do when posing for the picture.... :) So, yeah, this is just to show you all that they are not angry people.

The Feast

Thanksgiving with my district

Smile

Howdy!

Life is going well!  It is almost Thanksgiving.  Exciting, right?  We will have Thanksgiving dinner with our district.  My favorite thing to eat here is breadfruit soup and fried breadfruit. It is yummy. :)

Well, this week we had two investigators come to church! Whoot!  Ten Iotebwa -- an older man, and ten Timon -- a man in his 40's. We are so happy.  The ward was great to fellowship them!  Members are the greatest!  They literally swarmed them. They were all like: "He's new -- go get him." "Take him to class" "Bring him over here"  It was perfect.  Yep. Teaoraereke 2nd Ward is truly the greatest and is supposed to be splitting soon.  Anyway, ten Iotebwa also went to an activity with the high priests that afternoon.  It is good.

The members in Banraeaba are fun and very missionary oriented.  They are great examples for what I want to be.

All is well over here.  Thought of the week is to smile more often. Even though it is a small thing to do, great things come from it. :) "The grass grows green still". Little things make the world better -- a lot of little things therefore make the world a lot better.  Seeing as there are lots of opportunities to smile, we can make the world a lot better if we smile more.

Love you all and pray for you all! Thanks for all you all do for me!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Thank you!
Hurrah for Israel!
Elder Weenig

Marshall Islands/Kiribati Region Missionaries -- November 2017

My intake at Mission Tour

Te moii moto --  coconut juice.  Yum. :)

Betio Cannons :)

Jelly fish...  But it looked cool...

Mission Tour

Hello!

Well, this week was amazing!  We had our Mission Tour.  It was exciting!  Elder Ardern of the Seventy came to speak to us.  He spoke at the last General Conference. He gave great lessons.  He spoke on using Preach My Gospel everyday.  He also spoke a lot on the power of the Book of Mormon to convert people.  It was amazing!  It was really fun, because we, the Zone Leaders, Sister Training Leaders and the Assistants to the President, got to do a Mission Leadership Council meeting with him. He taught us our roles, helped us form a list of attributes for our culture, and how to use our planners. It was amazing.  I loved his training.  I really loved how well he and his wife taught together.  Usually the man talks a lot and then the woman shares a tiny bit and sits back down, but these two were like missionary companions -- they switched off frequently and were a team.  It was awesome.  I want to teach more like that with my companions in the mission.  I loved the conference. :) We helped bus everyone there.  It was fun. :)

Transfer: So Elder Veresoni flew out to Washington Island in Kiritmati.  So that is cool.  He is amazing.  I have a new companion now, Elder Steven Sheffield!  He is from Lindon, Utah, and we went to the same Junior High School -- Oak Canyon.  Cool, right?  And yep, we did know each other before the mission.  He is amazing and is going to be an great companion. We just became companions today.  So, it will be exciting. :)

I am grateful to work as a missionary of the Lord.  We are focusing on acting more like messengers of the Lord would act. Life is good.  Life is great.  Life is short.  I hope we all appreciate it for what is worth.  I know that today is the day to change and repent. (Alma 34:31) Today is the day to be happy. (2 Nephi 2:25)  We can seize the day if we wake up happy (Alma 37:37 -- let your heart be full of thanks to God).  Today is the day.  Seize it.

I love you all! Thank you for everything you all do! I love and pray for you!  Hope all is well!

Thanks!
Love you!
Go, fight, win! (remembering that life is a constant fight with Satan. :) )
Hurrah for Israel!
Elder Weenig


He hasn't been able to send pictures because the computer they use has viruses and he is afraid it will delete his card.  Fun to find these pics on the mission Facebook page.

Zone Conference